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3 09, 2017

Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

By |2019-11-03T18:03:15-08:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

Latin literature: A Roman papyrus scroll from a library of Epicurean philosophy (Herculaneum, Italy) Where did Latin come from? The Roman Empire lasted for more than a thousand years, so there was [...]

7 08, 2017

History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

By |2019-10-14T20:22:51-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

History of the Jesuits: Ignatius of Loyola, who started the Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola In the early 1500s AD, the Protestants were the new thing in Europe. Protestants were getting more and more popular. [...]

6 08, 2017

European writing – books, poetry, Bibles

By |2018-04-11T18:19:12-07:00August 6th, 2017|History, Modern Europe|Comments Off on European writing – books, poetry, Bibles

Reproduction of a press from Gutenberg's time The invention of the European printing press with moveable type in northern Europe in the late 1400s AD was no accident: publishers had set out to find [...]

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